Press feed guide



Aug. 21, 1928. 1,681,360

w. I. NYE I PRESS FEED euixm Filed Oct. 10, 1927 Patented Aug. 21, 1928.

UNITED STATES WILLIAM I. NYE, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

PRESS FEED GUIDE.

Application filed October 10, 1927. Serial No. 225,303.

My invention relates to improvements in guides arranged to be detachably secured upon the platen sheets of presses for registering sheets with forms to be printed thereon.

The primary object of my invention is to provide an improved press feedguide.

Another object is to provide an improved guide which may be quickly applied and easily adjusted to'a desired position.

A further object is to provide an improved device of the character described which may be easily and effectively locked in adjusted position.

A further object is to provide an improved guide which will facilitate adjustment to a desired position, and which will permit a relatively wide adjustment from an initial setting without removing the guide.

A further object is to provide an improved construction which will hold the guide 1n close engagement with the platen paper and prevent the movement of sheets under the edge i of the guide while the press is in operation.

Another object is to provide an improved device provided withanadjustable retaining tongue arran ed to be clamped 1n adjusted position simuftaneously with the clamping of the guide upon the platen sheet.

p A still further object is to provide an improved device of simple and eflicient construction which can be manufactured economlcally and which will be durable and efiicient in operation.

I accomplish these and other ob ects by means of the improveddevice disclosed in the drawings forming a partof the present ap-- H plication wherein like characters of reference are used to designate similarparts through-' out the specification and. drawings, and in which,

Fig. 1 is a broken plan view of a press platen showing themanner in which my improved guides are applied;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged side elevation of my improved guide;

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the guide as shown in Fig. 2; and

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal vertical section showing the manner in which the guide is clamped into engagement with the platen sheet.

Referring to the drawings my improved guide will be seen to consist of a body 1 having a stop portion 2 formed b a plate arranged upon one end of the body at substantially right angles thereto. A s ring leaf?) is secured at one end thereof to t e end of the body 1 opposite thestop 2, said leaf being normally sprung away from the body 1 at its free end. The free end of the leaf 3 is slightly pointed and extends past the stop 2. I A sleeve 4 is slidably mounted upon the rearward portion of the body 1 and leaf 3, said sleeve being movable to press the free end of the leaf 3 toward the body. A lug 6 is formed upon the rearward end of the body 1 to limit the rearward movement of the sleeve 4 and prevent said sleeve from being moved rearwardly off from the body.

Atongue 7 is slidably mounted within a lug 8 formed upon the under side of the body 1 slightly back of the stop 2, said tongue extending outwardly through an opening formed in the stop 2. 'The tongue'extends rearwardly sufiiciently to be engaged and clamped between the leaf 3 and the body 1 when said leaf is pressed toward the body.

The stop portion 2 is made of a width greatrearwardly to permit said leaf to spring away from the body. The guide is then moved to position the edge of the stop 2 at the exact point desired, and the sleeve moved forwardly along the leaf and body from its rearward position as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 4, to a clampingv position as indicated in full lines in said figure. In thus advancing the sleeve, the leaf'is pressed upwardly against the body, and the portion of the platen sheet 12 extending between the leaf and body is thus firmly clamped and the guidethereby rigidly secured in the desired adjusted posi tion. The length of the leaf 3 and body 1 is such that a relatively wide degree of adjustment is possible, as it is immaterial how far under the platen sheet the free end of the leaf 3 extends. In pressing the leaf toward the body to clamp thev platen sheet, said sheet is forced into the recess 9 of the stop 2 and the extensions 11 caused to press slightly into the platen sheet at the sides of the leaf, thereby preventing sheets of paper fedagainst the guide from entering under the edge of the stop.

The adjustable ton ue 7 extends outwardly from the stop 2 suthciently to prevent the edges of sheets fed against the stop from being displaced and moving past the guide. The amount to which the tongue extends is adjusted by sliding the tongue to a desired 1 position while the sleeve is in its rearward position as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2. As the sleeve is advanced, the inner end of the tongue is engaged and clamped between the leaf and the body. This permits the tongue to be readily adjusted, and at the 52111110 time permits new tongue pieces to be inserted when required.

While have illustrated and described what I regard as the preferred construction of my invention, the device is, of course, subject to modification in numerous ways without departing from the spirit of my invention. I therefore do not wish to restrict myself to the specific details of construction illustrated 2'5 and described, but desire to avail myself of all Patent is:

l. A press food guide con'iprising a body having a stop arranged upon one end thereof; a spring leaf secured upon the body and arranged to be inserted through the platen as sheet of a press; and means slidably mounted upon the body and leaf and movable to compress the leaf toward thebody to detachably clamp the platen sheet against said body.

2. A press feed guide comprising a body 40 having a stop arranged upon one end thereof;

a spring leaf secured upon the body and arranged to be inserted through the platen sheet of a press; and a sleeve slidably mounted upon the body and leaf and movable to compress the leaf toward the body to detachably clamp the platen sheet againstsaid body.

3. A press feed guide comprising a bodyv having a stop arranged upon one end thereof a spring leaf secured upon the body and oo'arranged to be inserted through the platen sheet of a press; and a sleeve slidably mounted upon the body and leaf and movable to compress the leaf toward the body to detachably clamp the platen sheet against said body; and

means for limiting the rearward movement of the sleeve.

4. A press feed guide comprising a body having a stop arranged upon one end thereof;

a spring leaf secured upon the body and arranged to be inserted through the platen sheet of a press; and a sleeve slidably mounted upon the body and leaf and movable to compress the leaf toward the body to detachably c amp the platen sheet against said body; and a tongue slidably mounted within the stop and extending outwardly therefrom, the rearward end of said tongue being adjustably clamped by the leaf.

5. A press feed guide comprising a body; a stop arranged upon one end of said body, said stop consistin of a plate arranged at right angles to the p ate and having a recessed bottom edge forming extensions arranged to engage the platen sheet of a press; a spring leaf secured at one end to the body and arranged to be inserted through the platen sheet; and a sleeve slidably mounted upon the body and leaf and movable to compress the leaf toward the body and clamp the platen sheet against said body and into the recessed edgeof the stop.

(3. A press feed guide comprising a vbody; a stop arranged upon one end of said body, said stop consisting of a plate arranged at right angles to the plate and having a recessed bottom edge forming extensions arranged to engage the platen sheet of a press; a spring leaf seciu'ed at one end to the body and arranged to be inserted through the platen sheet; and a sleeve slidably mounted upon the body and leaf and movable to compress the leaf toward the body and clamp the platen sheet against said body and into the recessed edge of the stop; and a tongue slidably mounted upon the body and stop and extending outwardly through the stop.

7. A press feed guide comprising a body; a stop arranged upon one end of said body, said stop consistin of a plate arranged at right angles to the plate and having a recessed bottom edge forming extensions arranged to engage the platen sheet of a press; a spring leaf secured at one end to the body and arranged to be inserted through the platen sheet; and a sleeve slidably mounted upon the body and leaf and movable to compress the leaf toward the body and clamp the platen sheet against said body and into the recessed edge of the stop; and a tongue slidably mounted upon the body and stop and extending outwardly past the stop, said stop being iidjfustably clamped against the body by the In witness whereof, I hereunto set my signature.

WILLIAM I. NYE. 

